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Welcome to SkilStak™! This course gets you ready for everything to come later. Some of the stuff might seem boring—but it is important, administrative stuff that will be referred back to by you, instructors, and your parents for as long as you are here. So please be patient. The good news is that you won’t actually have to read all 200 pages or so of Prep course textbook. You will go over it in class with your instructor and can knock out several lessons in a day.

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1. Why Code? (why)
2. Admission (admission)
3. Am I Ready?
   💡 Minimum Requirements ◦ Maturity ◦ Level of Understanding ◦ Motor Skills
4. Basic Admission Test
   💡 15 Minute Admission Test ◦ Passwords ◦ Reading Comprehension ◦ Basic Math ◦ Free Audit
5. No Age Limit
6. Fees
7. Register Anytime
   💡 First Time Registration ◦ All Start in Prep
8. Pick a Screen Name (screenname)
9. Be Creative
10. Anonymous If You Wish
11. All Lowercase
12. At Least Three Characters
13. Handling Duplicates
14. Be Willing and Able to Read, A Lot (read)
15. Google Chrome Web Browser (chrome)
16. Why Google Chrome?
    💡 Browser Adoption ◦ Browser Security ◦ Browser Quality
17. Use Chrome Incognito
18. Join Mailing List (mailing)
19. Checking Promotions Folder
20. Confirm Subscription
21. Subscription Confirmed
22. Add Contact So Comes to Main Folder
23. Create Google Gmail Account (gmail)
24. Under 13
25. 13 and Up
26. Your Most Important Password
27. Multiple Gmail Accounts
28. Join the Slack Chat Room (slack)
29. Get an Invite
30. Join Your Team
31. Set Your Password
32. Skip the Tutorial
33. Show All Channels
34. Join the Prep Channel
35. Accept the Prep Work Repo Invite
36. Create GitHub Account (github)
37. “Facebook for Developers”
38. Sign Up
39. Pick a Lowercase Screen Name
40. Select the Free Plan
41. Skip the Survey
42. Start a Project
43. Verify you Email Address
44. Find the Email
45. Create a New Repository
46. Create a README
47. Change the Name and Edit
48. Commit New File
49. Change Your Profile Icon
50. The Rest of Your Profile
51. Complete the Markdown Tutorial (markdown)
52. Understand Core Offerings (offerings)
53. Course Map Diagram
54. Support
    💡 New Media ◦ Yoga ◦ SUP ◦ Hike
55. Preparation
56. Proficiency
    💡 Fundamentals ◦ Projects ◦ Learning Styles ◦ Certification ◦ Repetition ◦ Mastery ◦ Technology Path ◦ Python ◦ Web ◦ Exploration ◦ Specialization ◦ Montessori-ish ◦ Logging ◦ Reporting
57. Professional
    💡 Incubator ◦ Industry Professionals ◦ Tech Forums ◦ Tech Conferences ◦ Giving Back ◦ Community Involvement ◦ Resumes ◦ Recruiting ◦ Unlimited Attendance ◦ Financial Backing ◦ Freelance Support ◦ Client Work ◦ Agile Management
58. Pick a Path (path)
59. Python
60. Web
61. Create CodeCombat.com Account(s) (codecombat)
62. Overview
63. Select “Play Now”
64. Select “Sign Up”
65. “Sign up as an individual”
66. Decide Birthday to Use
67. Do NOT Connect with Facebook or Google!
68. Create Two Accounts
69. Repeat
70. “Start Playing”
71. Start the Dungeon
72. Remember Passwords! (passwords)
73. Strategies
74. Never Use “Remember/Save Password”
75. Google Password Recovery
76. Know Your Web Sites (websites)
77. Main
78. Location
79. Shortcuts
80. Personal
81. Agree to Policies (policies)
82. Payment
83. Strikes
84. Destruction of Property
85. Violation of Privacy, Information Theft
86. No Refunds
87. Referral Bonus
88. First Paid, First Registered
89. Changing Classes
90. Four Students Minimum Required to Hold Course
91. Learning to Code Demands Regular Attendance
92. Makeups
93. Loss of Eligibility
94. Parent Visits
95. Understand Communications
96. Staff Rebates
97. PayPal
98. Understand Communications (communications)
99. Learn to Communicate for Yourself
100. Urgent, Immediate: Use the Phone of Text
101. Announcements and Info: Use Site and Slack #news
102. Help and Ideas: Slack
103. Enrollment and Makeups: Use Email
104. Consultation: Email and Drop In
105. General News and Information
106. Sign Student Pledge (pledge)
107. Do: Help People Out
108. Do: Arrive on Time
109. Do: Leave on Time
110. Do: Be Authentic
111. Do: Be Respectful
112. Do: Take Responsibility
113. Don’t: Touch Another’s Computer
114. Don’t: Change Anything on a Computer
115. Don’t: Steal Information
116. Don’t: Touch Other People
117. Don’t: Bully
118. Don’t: Disrespect
119. Don’t: Criticize
120. Don’t: Use Hate
121. Don’t: Willful Destroy Stuff or Litter
122. Don’t: Think You are the Exception
123. Do: Sign
124. Attain 24 Words Per Minute Typing (typing)
125. Do I have to do home-row typing?
126. Toggle Applications with One Hand (toggle)
127. Close a Window (closewin)
128. Close an Application (closeapp)
129. Take Some Screenshots (screenshot)
130. Mac
131. Linux
132. Windows
133. Animated GIFs
134. Edit a File with GitHub (edit)
135. Create First GitHub Issue (issues)
136. Create Custom Issue Labels (labels)
137. Dragging a File Into a GitHub Repo (upload)
138. File Name Caution
139. Learn to Learn, Just in Time (jit)
140. What is Coding? (what)
141. Coding or Programming?
142. Programming is Not Computer Science
143. Organic Learning (organic)
144. Learning is Messy
145. Learning to Mastery (mastery)
146. You Do Not Progress Until You Know It
147. Speed
148. Understand Athletic Software Engineering (athletic)
149. Choosing a Computer (computer)
150. Developers Overwhelmingly Prefer Mac and Linux
151. So what do you have against Microsoft?
152. Login with Mac Terminal (terminal)
153. ⌘ + Space for Spotlight
154. Secure Shell Login to skilstak.sh
155. ⌘ + +/- to Increase/Decrease Font Size
156. ⌘ + crtl + f to Full Screen
157. Login with Chrome SSH Extension (chromessh)
158. First Login to Chrome
159. Install the Extension
160. Download the Solarized Theme Configuration
161. “Restore Backup” to Update for Solarized Theme
162. Configure and Connect
163. Do Not Forget to Logout of Chrome!
164. Removing the Chrome SSH Extension
165. Command Line Essentials (cli)
166. Login
167. Help
168. List Files and Directories
169. Long Listing
170. Long Listing of a Single File
171. Long Listing of Everything
172. Clearing the Screen
173. You are Here
174. Make a Directory
175. Change Up One Directory
176. Change to the Home Directory
177. Using Tab Completion
178. Change to User’s Home Directory
179. Creating, Setting Permissions, and Editing a Script
180. Renaming
181. Copying
182. Removing File
183. Removing Directory
184. Editing Existing File
185. Save to GitHub
186. Stop the Fish
187. Just a Start
188. Changing Your Password
189. Understand Basic Algebra Math (math)
190. You Can’t Program Without Math
191. How To Learn
192. Attain the Desert in CodeCombat.com (desert)
193. Configure GitHub Keys (keys)
194. Secret Decoder Rings
195. Secure Shell Keys
196. Create a Key Pair with ssh-keygen
197. Copy Your Public Key
198. Paste Public Key into GitHub Settings
199. Test
200. Clone a Repo
201. Update Push Default
202. Update Profile Configuration
203. Create Your Individual Development Plan (IDP) (idp)
204. A Conversation
205. Goals
206. Long Term Vision
207. Come Back Often
208. Get Verified (verify)
209. Prep Projects (pproj)
210. 🍎 Welcome Teachers! (teachers)
211. Prerequisites
212. Age
213. Time
214. Rubrics
215. Resources
216. Other
217. Next
218. Copyright

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